One half of the World Championship bronze medallist pair, Jwala Gutta developed a pain in her right knee and decided to consult a doctor, who advised her complete rest for the next two weeks, forcing her to miss the Asian Games.

Jwala Gutta and her partner Ashwini Ponnappa had failed to defend the gold they had won in 2010 Delhi Games after losing 17-21, 21-23 to Malaysian pair of Vivian Kah Mun Hoo and Khe Wei Woon at Emirates Arena on Sunday.

Silver medallists at the 2010 Delhi Games, India were leading 2-0 after the first two matches, courtesy the winning start by mixed doubles combo of Kidambi Srikanth and Jwala Gutta and men's singles player Parupalli Kashyap.

Despite ace shuttler Saina Nehwal skipping the 20th Commonwealth Games, India will go into the Commonwealth Games with a lot of hope on the likes of second seed PV Sindhu, Parupalli Kashyap and the doubles pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa.

Saina Nehwal, PV Sindhu and the doubles pair of Ashwini Ponappa and Jwala Gutta gave India an unassailable 3-0 lead before PC Thulasi and another doubles pair of Pradnya Gadre and N Siki Reddy made it 5-0.

India's best doubles player, Jwala Gutta had to endure a bitter legal battle with the Badminton Association of India after its disciplinary committee recommended a life ban on her for allegedly delaying an Indian Badminton League match.

World No.10 Sindhu overcame Japan's Eriko Hirose 14-21, 21-13, 21-18 for the first time in four meetings in a marathon women's singles match which lasted an hour and 13 minutes. In doubles, Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa beat Thai third seeds Aroon...

PV Sindhu, seeded eighth in the USD 300,000 tournament, had a tough time against Millicent Wiranto of Indonesia before securing a 21-9, 19-21, 22-20 victory in a closely-fought 56-minute match on the opening day of the main draw.